QCF212 Academic English 2
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| Unit code: | QCF212 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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Unit Outline: 13 Week Teaching Period - 1 2020, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | QCF212 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
| Coordinator: | Davina Allison | davina.allison@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This unit continues to develop your academic language skills in preparation for tertiary study. Through ongoing exposure to language in academic contexts, Academic English 2 promotes your knowledge and use of high frequency academic text structures and their associated linguistic features. There is an ongoing focus on the complex language forms which characterise high quality academic texts. This unit will also equip you with an understanding of the nature of argumentation and how language can convey the stance of the author, discipline and academic community.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Use academic text structures and genres to achieve particular purposes.(CLO1, CLO2, CLO6)
- Establish and maintain the role of writer/speaker/signer/designer and relationships with high-knowledge audiences. (CLO4)
- Select and synthesise subject matter to support your position. (CLO1,CLO2)
- Organise and sequence subject matter to achieve particular purposes. (CLO1)
- Use cohesive devices to emphasise ideas and connect parts of texts. (CLO3)
- Make language choices for particular purposes and contexts. (CLO3, CLO4)
- Use grammar and language structures for particular purposes. (CLO2, CLO3)
Content
In this unit, you will be exposed to a range of academic text types in preparation for your study at university. You will also be required to create and design a variety of academic texts and genres. The language features salient to cohesion, coherence, high-quality academic writing and speaking as well as argumentation form the basis of this unit.
The focus will be on:
- understanding academic texts.
- understanding and using the linguistic features of academic texts.
- creating academic texts.
- developing your own academic writing style.
- understanding argument in academic texts.
- creating argument in academic texts.
Learning Approaches
NOTE: Based on the requirement to move this unit to On-line for this teaching period, some modifications to below have been made.
This unit creates a supportive learning environment in which you can develop confidence and independence as you develop mastery over an extensive range of academic language skills. The approaches to teaching and learning in this unit are informed by the principles of second language acquisition including the centrality of a demanding and supportive language learning environment for the second language learner. In this environment, you will complete activities and tasks which will expose you to a diversity of academic text types. Activities and tasks will also require you to produce academic language in increasingly complex ways.
In order to prepare you for further study at university, Academic English 2 also offers weekly lectures as an additional form of direct instruction.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
In this unit, the critical role of feedback in second language learning is acknowledged. Feedback techniques include expert modelling of language form, teacher and student consultations, revision and editing techniques, self-evaluation checklists and corrective written feedback.
Assessment
Overview
Assessment in this unit provides you with opportunities to demonstrate your acquisition of academic English as per the unit's learning objectives. Assessment focuses on the production of academic language across a wide range of academic text types and linguistic features. Due to the replication of high frequency academic texts, the assessment items in this unit are interrelated and connected, and, thus, contribute to your overall development as a confident and skilled language learner.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Annotated Bibliography
You will be required to write and format three annotations in the style of an annotated bibliography.
Your annotated bibliography will prepare you for your oral presentation in Week 6.
Length: 200 words for each annotation
Assessment: TED Talk (Oral Presentation)
In this task, you will prepare and present an oral presentation in the style of a TED talk.
You will be required to develop and support an argument which will engage and inform.
Your presentation should follow the structure taught in this subject.
You will be required to use the words of others to support the development of ideas in your oral presentation.
Length: 3 minutes
Assessment: Research Report
You will be required to write a research report which responds to a report scenario.
You will be required to develop and support an argument in response to the scenario.
Your report should follow the structure taught in this subject.
You will be required to use the words of others to support the development of ideas in your research report (secondary data only).
Length: 1200-1400 words
Assessment: Examination (online)
You will be required to write a critical review of one academic source.
Your critical review should follow the structure taught in this subject.
Length: 800-1000 words
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit.
Unit Outline: 13 Week Teaching Period - 2 2020, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | QCF212 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Coordinator: | Davina Allison | davina.allison@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This unit continues to develop your academic language skills in preparation for tertiary study. Through ongoing exposure to language in academic contexts, Academic English 2 promotes your knowledge and use of high frequency academic text structures and their associated linguistic features. There is an ongoing focus on the complex language forms which characterise high quality academic texts. This unit will also equip you with an understanding of the nature of argumentation and how language can convey the stance of the author, discipline and academic community.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Use academic text structures and genres to achieve particular purposes.(CLO1, CLO2, CLO6)
- Establish and maintain the role of writer/speaker/signer/designer and relationships with high-knowledge audiences. (CLO4)
- Select and synthesise subject matter to support your position. (CLO1,CLO2)
- Organise and sequence subject matter to achieve particular purposes. (CLO1)
- Use cohesive devices to emphasise ideas and connect parts of texts. (CLO3)
- Make language choices for particular purposes and contexts. (CLO3, CLO4)
- Use grammar and language structures for particular purposes. (CLO2, CLO3)
Content
In this unit, you will be exposed to a range of academic text types in preparation for your study at university. You will also be required to create and design a variety of academic texts and genres. The language features salient to cohesion, coherence, high-quality academic writing and speaking as well as argumentation form the basis of this unit.
The focus will be on:
- understanding academic texts.
- understanding and using the linguistic features of academic texts.
- creating academic texts.
- developing your own academic writing style.
- understanding argument in academic texts.
- creating argument in academic texts.
Learning Approaches
This unit creates a supportive learning environment in which you can develop confidence and independence as you develop mastery over an extensive range of academic language skills. The approaches to teaching and learning in this unit are informed by the principles of second language acquisition including the centrality of a demanding and supportive language learning environment for the second language learner. In this environment, you will complete activities and tasks which will expose you to a diversity of academic text types. Activities and tasks will also require you to produce academic language in increasingly complex ways.
In order to prepare you for further study at university, Academic English 2 also offers weekly lectures as an additional form of direct instruction.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
In this unit, the critical role of feedback in second language learning is acknowledged. Feedback techniques include expert modelling of language form, teacher and student consultations, revision and editing techniques, self-evaluation checklists and corrective written feedback.
Assessment
Overview
Assessment in this unit provides you with opportunities to demonstrate your acquisition of academic English as per the unit's learning objectives. Assessment focuses on the production of academic language across a wide range of academic text types and linguistic features. Due to the replication of high frequency academic texts, the assessment items in this unit are interrelated and connected, and, thus, contribute to your overall development as a confident and skilled language learner.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Annotated Bibliography
You will be required to write and format three annotations in the style of an annotated bibliography.
Your annotated bibliography will prepare you for your presentation in Week 6.
Assessment: TED Talk (Multimodal Presentation)
In this task, you will prepare and present a presentation in the style of a TED talk. You will be required to develop and support an argument which will engage and inform. Your presentation should follow the structure taught in this subject. You will be required to use the words of others to support the development of ideas in your oral presentation.
Assessment: Research Report
You will be required to write a research report which responds to a report scenario. You will be required to develop and support an argument in response to the scenario. Your report should follow the structure taught in this subject.
You will be required to use the words of others to support the development of ideas in your research report (secondary data only).
Assessment: Examination
You will be required to write a critical review of one source. Your critical review should follow the structure taught in this subject.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit.
Unit Outline: 13 Week Teaching Period - 3 2020, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | QCF212 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Coordinator: | Davina Allison | davina.allison@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This unit continues to develop your academic language skills in preparation for tertiary study. Through ongoing exposure to language in academic contexts, Academic English 2 promotes your knowledge and use of high frequency academic text structures and their associated linguistic features. There is an ongoing focus on the complex language forms which characterise high quality academic texts. This unit will also equip you with an understanding of the nature of argumentation and how language can convey the stance of the author, discipline and academic community.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Use academic text structures and genres to achieve particular purposes.(CLO1, CLO2, CLO6)
- Establish and maintain the role of writer/speaker/signer/designer and relationships with high-knowledge audiences. (CLO4)
- Select and synthesise subject matter to support your position. (CLO1,CLO2)
- Organise and sequence subject matter to achieve particular purposes. (CLO1)
- Use cohesive devices to emphasise ideas and connect parts of texts. (CLO3)
- Make language choices for particular purposes and contexts. (CLO3, CLO4)
- Use grammar and language structures for particular purposes. (CLO2, CLO3)
Content
In this unit, you will be exposed to a range of academic text types in preparation for your study at university. You will also be required to create and design a variety of academic texts and genres. The language features salient to cohesion, coherence, high-quality academic writing and speaking as well as argumentation form the basis of this unit.
The focus will be on:
- understanding academic texts.
- understanding and using the linguistic features of academic texts.
- creating academic texts.
- developing your own academic writing style.
- understanding argument in academic texts.
- creating argument in academic texts.
Learning Approaches
This unit creates a supportive learning environment in which you can develop confidence and independence as you develop mastery over an extensive range of academic language skills. The approaches to teaching and learning in this unit are informed by the principles of second language acquisition including the centrality of a demanding and supportive language learning environment for the second language learner. In this environment, you will complete activities and tasks which will expose you to a diversity of academic text types. Activities and tasks will also require you to produce academic language in increasingly complex ways.
In order to prepare you for further study at university, Academic English 2 also offers weekly lectures as an additional form of direct instruction.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
In this unit, the critical role of feedback in second language learning is acknowledged. Feedback techniques include expert modelling of language form, teacher and student consultations, revision and editing techniques, self-evaluation checklists and corrective written feedback.
Assessment
Overview
Assessment in this unit provides you with opportunities to demonstrate your acquisition of academic English as per the unit's learning objectives. Assessment focuses on the production of academic language across a wide range of academic text types and linguistic features. Due to the replication of high frequency academic texts, the assessment items in this unit are interrelated and connected, and, thus, contribute to your overall development as a confident and skilled language learner.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Annotated Bibliography
You will be required to write and format three annotations in the style of an annotated bibliography.
Your annotated bibliography will prepare you for your presentation in Week 6.
Assessment: Presentation
In this task, you will prepare and present a presentation. You will be required to develop and support an argument which will engage and inform. Your presentation should follow the structure taught in this subject. You will be required to use the words of others to support the development of ideas in your oral presentation.
Assessment: Research Report
You will be required to write a research report which responds to a report scenario. You will be required to develop and support an argument in response to the scenario. Your report should follow the structure taught in this subject.
You will be required to use the words of others to support the development of ideas in your research report (secondary data only).
Assessment: Examination
You will be required to write a critical review of one source. Your critical review should follow the structure taught in this subject.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit.
Unit Outline: 6 Week Teaching Period - 6 2020, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | QCF212 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
Overview
This unit continues to develop your academic language skills in preparation for tertiary study. Through ongoing exposure to language in academic contexts, Academic English 2 promotes your knowledge and use of high frequency academic text structures and their associated linguistic features. There is an ongoing focus on the complex language forms which characterise high quality academic texts. This unit will also equip you with an understanding of the nature of argumentation and how language can convey the stance of the author, discipline and academic community.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Use academic text structures and genres to achieve particular purposes.(CLO1, CLO2, CLO6)
- Establish and maintain the role of writer/speaker/signer/designer and relationships with high-knowledge audiences. (CLO4)
- Select and synthesise subject matter to support your position. (CLO1,CLO2)
- Organise and sequence subject matter to achieve particular purposes. (CLO1)
- Use cohesive devices to emphasise ideas and connect parts of texts. (CLO3)
- Make language choices for particular purposes and contexts. (CLO3, CLO4)
- Use grammar and language structures for particular purposes. (CLO2, CLO3)
Content
In this unit, you will be exposed to a range of academic text types in preparation for your study at university. You will also be required to create and design a variety of academic texts and genres. The language features salient to cohesion, coherence, high-quality academic writing and speaking as well as argumentation form the basis of this unit.
The focus will be on:
- understanding academic texts.
- understanding and using the linguistic features of academic texts.
- creating academic texts.
- developing your own academic writing style.
- understanding argument in academic texts.
- creating argument in academic texts.
Learning Approaches
This unit creates a supportive learning environment in which you can develop confidence and independence as you develop mastery over an extensive range of academic language skills. The approaches to teaching and learning in this unit are informed by the principles of second language acquisition including the centrality of a demanding and supportive language learning environment for the second language learner. In this environment, you will complete activities and tasks which will expose you to a diversity of academic text types. Activities and tasks will also require you to produce academic language in increasingly complex ways.
In order to prepare you for further study at university, Academic English 2 also offers weekly lectures as an additional form of direct instruction.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
In this unit, the critical role of feedback in second language learning is acknowledged. Feedback techniques include expert modelling of language form, teacher and student consultations, revision and editing techniques, self-evaluation checklists and corrective written feedback.
Assessment
Overview
Assessment in this unit provides you with opportunities to demonstrate your acquisition of academic English as per the unit's learning objectives. Assessment focuses on the production of academic language across a wide range of academic text types and linguistic features. Due to the replication of high frequency academic texts, the assessment items in this unit are interrelated and connected, and, thus, contribute to your overall development as a confident and skilled language learner.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Annotated Bibliography
You will be required to write and format three annotations in the style of an annotated bibliography.
Your annotated bibliography will prepare you for your presentation in Week 6.
Assessment: TED Talk (Multimodal Presentation)
In this task, you will prepare and present a presentation in the style of a TED talk. You will be required to develop and support an argument which will engage and inform. Your presentation should follow the structure taught in this subject. You will be required to use the words of others to support the development of ideas in your oral presentation.
Assessment: Research Report
You will be required to write a research report which responds to a report scenario. You will be required to develop and support an argument in response to the scenario. Your report should follow the structure taught in this subject.
You will be required to use the words of others to support the development of ideas in your research report (secondary data only).
Assessment: Examination
You will be required to write a critical review of one source. Your critical review should follow the structure taught in this subject.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit.